YES WE CAN!

I can't help it. When Obama was elected, the world reaction was amazing - all over the world, people celebrated. I said it then to all my students, and I say it again today as I watch what is happening in Egypt: the world of instant media, internet reactions, is changing the world.
Do you remember those videos of world reactions to Obama's victory? Do you remember crowds everywhere, in English, singing out "YES WE CAN"? And so, that is what these crowds celebrating remind me, they remind me that anything is possible.

Some older people lament that the world is changing, things will never be the same for their children and grandchildren, but I don't say that. I say, this is their world, and they will shape it, and they are doing it! It is not that having Obama means a lot of change. Change takes baby steps in democracies, it takes time. But change is happening, that is for certain, and that's what this Egyptian revolution shows. The Egyptian people won't get all the changes they want, but they have learned the power of standing together, peacefully.

Here's two links showing what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMHpib5ZNCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Enjoy.